"Time to Rebuild & Awaken" Night of Healing

"Arise! Shine, for your light has come, the glory of the LORD has dawned upon you." -Isaiah 60:1

Join us at Divine Mercy where we will be hosting a Night of Healing to help us prepare for the Holy Triduum.  The night will be led by Fr. Anthony Odiong on Tuesday, March 30th starting at the 6:30pm Mass and will be followed by a Healing Service with Eucharistic Adoration and Prayer.  

Reverend Anthony Odiong was born in Calabar, Southern Nigeria on the 3rd of September, 1968 to Emmanuel and Sarah Odiong. He is one of seven, but lost a sister, so is now one of six. He is the second son and second of the bunch. He underwent seminary formation in Nigeria and was ordained a priest on November 13, 1993. After ordination he did some pastoral work, taught high school, and also taught philosophy at the regional seminary. In 2006, he was appointed to the Diocese of Austin, Texas at the invitation of Bishop Aymond and was assigned associate pastor at St. Mary’s of the Assumption in the city of West, Texas where he was made an honorary Czech. Thereafter, he was appointed Director of Campus Ministry at St. Peter’s Catholic Student Center at Baylor University in 2008. He served in that capacity till the summer of 2012, when he went to Rome to study for a doctorate degree in Dogmatic Theology. He also holds a Masters in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio. He continues to work on his doctorate degree and is happy to be assigned to St. Anthony of Padua in Luling, where he hopes to share in the rich Catholic tradition established in St. Charles Parish since it beginnings.